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adjective

Definition of steamingnext
as in angry
feeling or showing anger she was steaming after hearing that she was being slandered by someone who had once been her best friend

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steaming

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verb

present participle of steam
as in boiling
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger the newspaper's blatantly biased coverage made a lot of readers steam

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for steaming
  1. angry
  2. ballistic
  3. raging
  4. indignant
  5. burning
  6. furious
  7. foaming
  8. mad
Adjective
  • Hezbollah’s reputation in the country has suffered; many Lebanese, including the militia’s Shiite supporters, are angry at the scale of destruction of a war that many saw as unnecessary.
    Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Yet just a season ago the Galaxy’s main supporters’ groups were boycotting home games, angry over the team’s lack of direction and its dysfunctional front office.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of angry
Adjective
  • He was dressed in full black and wore a gas mask and ballistic helmet over his face and head in addition to a bullet-resistant vest, leggings, throat protector, groin protector and tactical gloves.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Recently, researchers blew this ballistic mystery wide open.
    Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of ballistic
Verb
  • The bright orange-and-red water spouts off the cliff with the visual intensity of a raging forest fire.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Han has kept a low profile following the win, reportedly refusing a celebration her father planned, citing the wars still raging in Gaza and Ukraine.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of raging
Adjective
  • Lucas was shocked and hurt that his generous offers kept being rebuffed; the people who organized against him were indignant that a billionaire could be so cavalier about their public land.
    Elizabeth Blackwell, Longreads, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Asked by The Times in 2011 to compare himself to Kanye West (now known as Ye), Jones seemed indignant.
    Steve Marble, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of indignant
Verb
  • But in July, the local agencies received word from the Forest Service that contractors could no longer provide aerial supervision over fires burning on federal land.
    Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The methane-burning BE-4s, each one generating 550,000 pounds of thrust, continued boosting the rocket out of the lower atmosphere for another three minutes or so before shutting down.
    William Harwood, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of burning
Adjective
  • Bears takeaways Ask Alan Shearer: Live Q&A on Slot's Liverpool, Newcastle, Palmer and much more How Lukas Reichel got his groove back The first CFP rankings deliver surprises: Teams most likely to be elated or furious The Pulse: How do the Chiefs keep doing this?
    New York Times, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2024
  • In the last 24 hours, at least one editor has resigned, and high-profile Post staffers have publicly expressed their dismay as many in the paper’s Opinion section are furious over how the situation was handled.
    Hadas Gold, CNN, 26 Oct. 2024
Definition of furious
Verb
  • At this point, the butter should be foaming.
    Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The foaming tablets penetrate residue and grime build-up and freshen your disposal with a clean citrus scent.
    Hannah Rice, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of foaming
Adjective
  • The sight of a covey of desert quail fills me with a mad, superhuman strength.
    Jack O’Connor, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Then, like clockwork, a bunch of Democrats got mad.
    Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of mad
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